Dumping-wagon.



PATENTED MAY 1, 1906 G. DURSO.

DUMPING WAGON APPLICATION FILED/NOV=6,1905. I

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G. DURSO.

DUMPING WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED NOV: 0.1905

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DUMPING WAGON APPLICATION FILED NOV 6,1905.

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" GIOVANNI'DURSO," OF-HNEW YoRK, N. Y.

" .pumPme-wAGoN.

l'oall whom it may concern.-'

Be it knownthat I, GIOVANNI DUnso, a citizen of the United States,residing in New York, in the borough of the Bronx and State ofNew York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements .in Dumping-Wagons, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This inventio1i relates to nnpr'ovements in dumping-Wagone and moreespeciallyfto dumping wagons which are intendel-for the dumping of sand,earth, bricks, and similar substances, the wagolrhaving the advantagethat the body of the same can be dumped without'the driver leaving thereach connecting the front and rear boisters, and the (umping motion ofthe body moving simultaneously the gate away from the end of the body Ifree dumping of the and into raise-:1 position, so as'to permit thematerials in the wagonbody. i

=The inventionconsists of a dumping-wa on of which the body is pivotedmidway etween itsends to a bolster supportel on the rear axle and tiltedby means of alever con-- nection between the bottom of the body and ahand lever applied to the side of the reach,

the end-gate being pivoted. to stationary su orts that are attachedtothe sides of, t e

' ols'ters and connected by an actuating-lever mechanism with the sidewalls of the body, so as to be moved away and raised above the a bodywhen the same is tilted and returned to wagon.

the end of the holly when the same is returned intoznormal position. Theinvention consists, further,of' certain details of. construction andcombinations of parts to be herein after des'criberL-ahd finally pointedopt in the claims.

' In the accompanying drawings, Figure is tion showi a reach 1, which issupported by a bolster d,

support ed on boxes 0, applied to the rear axle j, the boxes 1'lwmgconncetod by reinforcing- Specification of Letters Patent.Application filed November 6; 1606. Serial No. 286.104.

and reinforcin -stra s h of the end-gate .further' connected,

verse bar d.

Patented'May 1 1906.

strips e to the front part of the bolster and the under side of thereach and by braces a with stationary supports g, that are attached atthe front en 's g to the bolster d, and that are provided with angularupwardly-extend i'ng portions g to the upper ends of which the end-gateh is connected by means of a suitable hinge connection h between thesupports lg The bottom o the ody a is applied about midway of lts lengthby means of ears (1 to a transverse pivot-rod a so as to permit thetilting of the body. The tiltin is accomplished by a lever connection,whici consistsof two wot-connecting rods m, the lever-rod Z being eyedto a squared rod t which 1s supported bearings of the reach I), whilethe lever-rod i is pivoted to ears i, that. are attached to the bottomof the body at a point midway between pivot-rod a and the front end ofthe same, as shown clearly in-Fig, 1. For operating the lever mechanismM, a hand-leverl is applied to the end of the squared rod i, as shown inFi 1, so that the driver, while standing on the platform on the reachI), can readily turn the hand-lever l forward and cause thereby theraising of the levers ,i 'i

from theirlower position (shown in Fig. 1) into the raised position,(shown in Fig.2) and produce thereby the tilting of the wagon-body untilthe rear end of the same arrives on-the ground.

The end.- ate it is connected at both sides by pivot-r0 s'h which areguided in keepers h and attached to the upright.supports g with uprightsu ports 71 that are attached to a tiansverse b the under side of thebottom, so as to tilt with thewag on-bod The sup orts k are y means 0braces h,

ar (1', which is attached to.

with the wagon-body, so as to be securely heldin position 'in connectionwiththeir at-' tach'ment .to the projections of the trans- When thewagon-body a is tilted by the lever mechanism described, simultaneouslythe end-gate is moved. away from the end of the wagon-body and supportedin a raised position on the rear supports 9 by the connecting-levers hwhich push';the end-gate ,in a raised osit'ion, as shown in Fig. 2.Likewise on t 1e return of the wagon-body on the reach b the end-.gateis returned into normal position by theconnecting lever-rod h, andthereby the body closed a ain normally, ready to receive the next lo roe{is for loading the wagon, it is necessary to impart a lateral motion tothe end-gate h. Qne pivot of the same is swiveled, as shown in F 1g. 1,for this purpose, and the end-gate is attached by means of a link 0,pivoted to a gudgeon h on the same to the forked rear end of thelever-rod 71?, so that when the bolt connecting the opposite side of theend-gate h 1s disconnected from the opposite pivot-rod h the end-gatecan be swung on its swiveled pivot into open position from its closedposition, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, for convenient access tothe wagon-body whenever this should be necessary for loading orunloading the same and whenever the wagon is used as an ordinary wagon.

The advantages of my improved du1npingwagon are that the same can bereadily tilted with the load from its normal osition into dumpedposition by the handever at the front end of the reach and the levermechanism between the same and the front of the wagon-body, whilesimultaneously-the endgate is moved out of the way and supported inraised position, so as not to interfere with the dumping operation.After dumping, the body is readily returned again into normal positionon the reach and the end gate in position at the rear end of the same,so as to be ready for receiving the next load. The wagonean be used withfour wheels or with a single front wheel, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim new and desire to'secure byLetters Patent A 1. The combination, with the front and rear axles, of abolster on the rear axle, a reach connecting the same with the frontaxle, a body pivoted to the bolster on the rear axle, means applied tothe front end of the body for tilting the same on its pivot, sidesupports attached to the bolster, an end-gate hinged to the rear ends ofsaid side supports, and a lever connection between the end-gate and thebolster for raising the end-gate when the wagon-body is tilted andreturning the same to the rear end of the body when the same is returnedinto normal position.

2. In a dumpingwagon, theeombination, with the front and rear axles, ofa bolster on the-rear axle, a reach connecting the same on the frontaxle, a l'iody-pivoted to the bolster on the rear axle, a levermechanism connected with the front part of t he wagon-body for tiltingit or returning it to normal positioii, side supports attached to thebolst.

and provided withangular upwardly-extend ing rear portions, an. end-gatehinged to the upper ends of the rear supports, u right rods supported onthe under side of t e wagonbody, and lever rodsbetween said uprightsupports and the sides of 'the' end-gate for raising Elie latter whenthe body is tilted and returning the same into normal position on therear end of the body when the same is in normal position.

3. In a dumping-wagon, the combination, with the rear axle, of bolsterson the same, a wagon-body pivoted to said bolsters, side supportsattached to said bolsters and extending in rearward direction andprovided with upwardly-extending rear portions, upright supportsattached to a transverse bar of the wagon-body, an end-gate hinged tothe upper rear portions, and pivot-rods connecting the sides of theend-gate with the upper ends of the upright side supports.

4. In a dumping-we on, the combination, with the rear axle, of oxes onthe same, a bolster supported on the same, a wagon-body pivoted to thebolster, a transverse bar attached to the bottom of the body, uprightrods attached to the ends of said transverse bar, side supports,provided with upwardly extending rear supports, braces connecting saidaxle-boxes with the rear su ports, keepers on said rear supports, an em-gate hinged to the upper ends of said rear supports, and pivot-rodsbetween the sides of the end-gate and the upright supports of thewagon-body.

. 5. The combination, in a dumping-wagon,

of a dumping-body, side uprights attached outside of said body, sidesupports attached to the bolster and provided with angularupwardly-extending rear portions, an end-gate hinged to the-upper endsof-the rear supports, pivot-rods supporting said supports with the sidesof the end-gate, a link'con'nection between one of said pivot-rods andone side of the end-gate, and a removable bolt connection at theopposite end of the gate so as to permit the loosening and swinging oventhe same into open position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing my invention 1 have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

(HOVANNI DURSO.

WVit-nesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, HENRY J. Srumnmn.

